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Category : Religion
Languages : en
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Transactions of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study Vol. 1
Author: Transactions of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Author: Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Author: Indian Institute of Advanced StudyPublisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
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Transactions of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. V. 1
Author: Transactions of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Author: R. Nivas1965-1969
Author: Helen A. KanitkarPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110807041
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Niharranjan Ray
Author: John W. HoodPublisher: Sahitya Akademi
ISBN: 9788126002078
Category : Historians
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Transactions of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Author: Sikhism and Indian SocietyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 344
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A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980
Author: Deirdre N. McCloskeyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521403276
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Historians and economists will find here what their fields have in common - the movement since the 1950s known variously as 'cliometrics', 'economic history', or 'historical economics'. A leading figure in the movement, Donald McCloskey, has compiled, with the help of George Hersh and a panel of distinguished advisors, a highly comprehensive bibliography of historical economics covering the period up until 1980. The book will be useful to all economic historians, as well as quantitative historians, applied economists, historical demographers, business historians, national income accountants, and social historians.
The Cultural Defense
Author: Alison Dundes RentelnPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195154030
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher's description: In a trial in California, Navajo defendants argue that using the hallucinogen peyote to achieve spiritual exaltation is protected by the Constitution's free exercise of religion clause, trumping the states' right to regulate them. An Ibo man from Nigeria sues Pan American World Airways for transporting his mother's corpse in a cloth sack. Her arrival for the funeral face down in a burlap bag signifies death by suicide according to the customs of her Ibo kin, and brings great shame to the son. In Los Angeles, two Cambodian men are prosecuted for attempting to eat a four month-old puppy. The immigrants' lawyers argue that the men were following their own "national customs" and do not realize their conduct is offensive to "American sensibilities." What is the just decision in each case? When cultural practices come into conflict with the law is it legitimate to take culture into account? Is there room in modern legal systems for a cultural defense? In this remarkable book, Alison Dundes Renteln amasses hundreds of cases from the U.S. and around the world in which cultural issues take center stage-from the mundane to the bizarre, from drugs to death. Though cultural practices vary dramatically, Renteln demonstrates that there are discernible patterns to the cultural arguments used in the courtroom. The regularities she uncovers offer judges a starting point for creating a body of law that takes culture into account. Renteln contends that a systematic treatment of culture in law is not only possible, but ultimately more equitable. A just pluralistic society requires a legal system that can assess diverse motivations and can recognize the key role that culture plays in influencing human behavior. The inclusion of evidence of cultural background is necessary for the fair hearing of a case.